Concrete base for fence-posts.



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R. J. LIVENGOOD. CONCRETE BASE FOR FENCE POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED .TAN.13. 1906.

ROBERT JQLIVENGOOD, or, HARVE ILLINOIS.

CONCRETE BASE FOR FENCE-POST S.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed January 13, 1906. Serial No. 295,946.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT J. LIVENGOOD, a-citizen of the United States,residing at Harvel, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Concrete Basefor Fence-Posts, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvementsin fence-posts. v

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction offence-posts and to provide a strong and inexpensive concrete base forwooden fence-posts adapted to be applied to the same both in theconstrue tion of fences and in repair-work and capable of effectuallypreventing a wooden fence-' post from prematurely rotting or decaying atthe bottom where it is attached to the A further object of theinventionis to provide a concrete base of this character adapted to afford a firmsupport for a post and having means for providing intervening airspacesto cause the post to dry readily when it becomeswet and to preventaccumulation of moisture. j

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated'in the ac-.

.companying drawings, andpointed outin the claim hereto appended, itbeing understood that various changes in thef0rm,'proportion, size, andminor details of construce tion within the scope of the claim may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention. 1

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a concrete fence-postbase constructed in accordance with this invention- :Fig. 2

is a vertical sectional view of the same andthe lower end of awoodenfenceepost. Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in both figures of the drawlugs.

1 designates a fence-post'basedesigned to be constructed of concrete,artificial stone, or analogous, plastic material adapted to be molded,andthe said base is strengthened by a plurality of barbed wires 2embedded in the base and extendinglongitudinally thereof, as clearlyillustrated inFig. 2 of the drawings.

.tions of the post.

The base, which tapers in width from the bottom to the top, is providedat an intermediate point at one of its sides or faces witha projectingpost-supporting arm or bracket 3,

having a flat horizontal upper face 4 to re-. I

of'the. fastening devices 6 and obviate the.

trouble and inconvenience of providing boltholes in the post tocorrespond identically with similar holes in the base.

In order to prevent the lower portion of the post from prematurelyrotting or decaying at the inner face or portion, which is contiguous tothe upper portion of the base, the latter is provided with a pluralityof projecting horizontal spacing-ribs .8, which offset the posts fromthe upper portion of the base and provide intervening air-spaces 9. Thehorizontal spacing-ribs, which may be of any desired number, have flatvertical post-receiving faces and are preferably beveled at their upperand lower edges or faces. 'As the concrete base will absorb moisture,the air-spaces permit the inner face of the lower portion of thefence-post to dry quickly should it become wet, and any moistureabsorbed by the base will dry at the inner face thereof and will notcause the inner face of the lower portion of the post to rot or decaybefore the other por- By this construction the durability of woodenfence-posts is greatly increased,

The plastic base is adapted for use in the construction of fences andalso when repairing the same, and old posts which have rotted at thebottom may. be cut off thereat and secured to the plastic base and againused.

Having thus fully described my invention,

' what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V a Abase having a projecting post-supporting arm or bracket located at anintermediate point between the top and bottorn of the base, my, Own 1'have, herete affixed signature 1, i i

said base being also provided at its upper porin the presence of twowitnesses,

tion with integral horizontal spacing-1ibs lo ROBERT J, N 'O f I,

cated at intervals and adapted to form intef- 5 vening air-spacesbetween the upper por- Witnesses; Y f tion of the base and a post. l vC. L." CLARK, I In testimony that I claim the foregoing as JANE O, LAUK.

